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Jawanda Surname

Jawanda is a Jat

Jat people

The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

surname

Surname

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traditionally found in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

particularly in Punjab (India)

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

. Most Jawandas are Punjabis

Punjabi people

The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...

of the Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

faith in India

India

Historical Context

The Jats/Jatts of Northern India and Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. In India, they inhabit the states of Punjab

Punjab (India)

, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

, and Gujarat. In Pakistan, they are found in the provinces of Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

and Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

.Jatts are genetically closely related to Rajput

Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

s, Gujjar

Gujjar

The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....

s people,
The Jats, like most South Asians, are mostly farmers; they are the dominant land owner caste, particularly in Panjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. However they are also found in many other professions. A large number of Jats serve in the Indian Army

Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

, including the Jat Regiment

Jat Regiment

The Jat Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army and is one of the longest serving and most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment has won 19 battle honours between 1839 to 1947 and post independence 5 battle honours, Two Ashok Chakras, eight Mahavir Chakras, eight Kirti...

, Rajputana Rifles

Rajputana Rifles

The Rajputana Rifles is the most senior rifle regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1921 as part of the British Indian Army, when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated together to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles...

, Sikh Regiment and the Grenadiers

The Grenadiers

The Grenadiers are an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers. It has distinguished itself during the two world wars and also since the Independence of India...

, among others. Jats also serve in the Pakistan Army

Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistani Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The Pakistan Army came into existence after the Partition of India and the resulting independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan...

particularly in the Punjab Regiment

Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)

The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in 1956 from an amalgamation of the 1st Punjab Regiment, 14th Punjab Regiment, 15th Punjab Regiment and 16th Punjab Regiment...

.

There are numerous theories about the origin of the Jats. Jats are commonly considered to be of Scythian (Saka

Saka

The Saka were a Scythian tribe or group of tribes....

), Indo-European

Proto-Indo-Europeans

The Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language , a reconstructed prehistoric language of Eurasia.Knowledge of them comes chiefly from the linguistic reconstruction, along with material evidence from archaeology and archaeogenetics...

, Indo-Iranian

Indo-Iranians

Indo-Iranian peoples are a linguistic group consisting of the Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dardic and Nuristani peoples; that is, speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family....

or Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryans

Indo-Aryan is an ethno-linguistic term referring to the wide collection of peoples united as native speakers of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages...

stock in view of the similar physical features and common practices. A recent study of the people of Indian Punjab, where about 40% or more of the population are Jats, suggest that the Jats are similar to other populations of the Indus Valley.

The Jats seem to have first occupied the Indus valley as far down as Sindh

Sindh

, whither the Meds followed them about the beginning of the present era. But before the earliest Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

conquests the Jats had spread into Punjab proper, where there were firmly established in the beginning of the eleventh century.

Jats were previously ardent followers and supporters of Buddhism

Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...

and Jainism

Jainism

Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...

, along with the Vedic religion

Historical Vedic religion

The religion of the Vedic period is a historical predecessor of Hinduism. Its liturgy is reflected in the mantra portion of the four Vedas, which are compiled in Sanskrit. The religious practices centered on a clergy administering rites...

, and its successor, modern Hinduism

Hinduism

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

. Today, about 30% of all Jats follow Sikhism

Sikhism

Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

, especially in the Punjab, the rest are evenly split between Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

and Hinduism. Most Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

Jats reside in India in the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Most Sikh Jats reside in Punjab (India)

Punjab (India)

, though they have also spread throughout India and across the globe, especially in Canada, England, and Northern California in the United States.

Despite having followed different religions for centuries, Jats have maintained their ancestral Jat characteristics. The common clan names among the jats of various faiths and regions are an important proof of their common ancestry or ethnic background. Many Jatt clans are also cross-listed as Khatri

Khatri

Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...

, Rajput

Rajput

, Choudhary, Zamindar

Zamindar

A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

, Gujjar

Gujjar

The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....

, Tarkhan and Kamboj

Kamboj

The Kambojs , also Kamboh, are an ethnic community of the Punjab region. They may relate to the Kambojas, an Iranian tribe known to the people of Iron Age India and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and epigraphy. Kamboj is frequently used as a surname in lieu of the sub-caste or the gotra name...

especially Sodhi

Sodhi

-Distribution:It is mostly found Malwa , Doaba and some parts of Majha.-Sikh Guru's:Seven of the Sikh Gurus belonged to the Sodhi clan.In his...

, Sial

Sial

In geology, the sial is the upper layer of the Earth's crust made of rocks rich in silicates and aluminium minerals. It is sometimes equated with the continental crust because it is absent in the wide oceanic basins, but "sial" is a geochemical term rather than a plate tectonic term.Geologists...

, Kashyap

Kashyap

Kashyapa was an ancient sage , who is one of the Saptarshis in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Bharadwaja...

, Kakkar (Khakkar/Ghakkar), and Walia.
The Punjabi culture

Punjabi Culture

Punjabi Culture is the culture of the Punjab region. It is one of the oldest in world history, dating from ancient antiquity to the modern era. The Punjabi culture is the culture of the Punjabi people who are now distributed throughout the world. The scope, history, sophistication and complexity of...

is one of self-dependence, self-reliance and hard work, which have made Punjabis statistically on average the wealthiest in India

India

. These character traits comes from Punjab's difficult history, in particularly due to the number of outside invasions, (Greeks

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

, Arabs, Turks

Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...

, Iranians, Mughals and Afghans

Demographics of Afghanistan

The population of Afghanistan is around 29,835,392 as of the year 2011, which is unclear if the refugees living outside the country are included or not. The nation is composed of a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society, reflecting its location astride historic trade and invasion routes between...

).

This heroism of Punjabis was highlighted with Alexander the Great's invasion of Punjab. In a letter to his mother he wrote, "I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one son into the world, but everyone in this land can be called an Alexander”.

Punjab (India) historically forms a part of the larger Punjab region

Punjab region

The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

, which also includes the province of Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab (Pakistan)

, the Indian states of Haryana

Haryana

and Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

and Delhi

Delhi

and the Union Territory of Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

. The state is the location of one of the world's first and oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization

Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India...

, India

India

's first civilization. As a consequence it has some of the richest cultural history in the world.

The language of the people of Punjab, on both sides of the international border, is Punjabi

Punjabi language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

; however, the alphabet used is different (Gurmukhi on the Indian side and Shahmukhi on Pakistani side).

The word "Punjab" is a combination of the Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

words 'Punj' (پنج) Five, and 'Aab' (آب) Water, giving the literal meaning of the Land of the Five Rivers. The five rivers after which Punjab is named after are the Jhelum

Jhelum River

Jehlum River or Jhelum River , ) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District...

; the Chenab

Chenab River

The Chenab River چنRiver' آب) is a major river of Jammu and Kashmir and the Punjab in Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of the Punjab, Pakistan...

; the Ravi

Ravi River

The Ravi is a trans-boundary river flowing through Northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of the six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region ....

; the Beas

Beas River

The Beas River is a river in the northern part of India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 km to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of Punjab....

and the Sutlej - all of them are the tributaries of the Indus

Indus River

The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

river.
Sikhism

Sikhism

is the fifth-largest

Major religious groups

The world's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups, although this is by no means a uniform practice...

organised religion in the world. Adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikh

Sikh

s (students or disciples) and number over 23 million across the world. However, most Sikhs live in the state of Punjab

Punjab (India)

in India

India

(Sikhism

Sikhism

is the persuasion of about 60% of the population.
). Prior to partition

Partition of India

The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...

, millions of Sikhs used to live in what is now the Punjab province

Punjab (Pakistan)

of Pakistan

Pakistan

Sikhism

is a religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

that began in sixteenth century Northern India with the teachings of Nanak

Guru Nanak Dev

Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. The Sikhs believe that all subsequent Gurus possessed Guru Nanak’s divinity and religious authority, and were named "Nanak" in the line of succession.-Early life:Guru Nanak was born on 15 April 1469, now...

and nine successive human gurus

Sikh Gurus

The Sikh Gurus established Sikhism from over the centuries beginning in the year 1469. Sikhism was founded by the first guru, Guru Nanak, and subsequently, all in order were referred to as "Nanak", and as "Lights", making their teachings in the holy scriptures, equivalent...

. Sikhism

Sikhism

comes from the word Sikh, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

root meaning "disciple" or "learner", or meaning "instruction."
The principal belief in Sikhism is faith in one God

Monotheism

Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one and only one god. Monotheism is characteristic of the Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Druzism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Samaritanism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.While they profess the existence of only one deity, monotheistic religions may still...

—Vāhigurū
Waheguru
Waheguru is a term most often used in Sikhism to refer to God, the Supreme Being or the creator of all. It means "The Good/Best Teacher" in the Punjabi language. Wahi means "good" and "Guru" is a term denoting "teacher"....

—represented using the sacred symbol of . Sikhism advocates the pursuit of salvation through disciplined, personal meditation on the name and message of God. The Harimandir Sahib, known popularly as the Golden Temple, is a sacred shrine for Sikhs.

The followers of Sikhism are ordained to follow the teachings of the ten Sikh gurus, or enlightened leaders, as well as the holy scripture—the Gurū Granth Sāhib
Guru Granth Sahib
Sri Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is the final and eternal guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708...

—which includes the selected works of many authors from diverse socioeconomic and religious backgrounds. The text was decreed by Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...

, the tenth guru, as the final guru of the Khalsa Panth. Sikhism's traditions and teachings are distinctly associated with the history, society and culture of the Punjab

Punjab region

.

The term guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

comes from the Sanskrit

Sanskrit

gurū, meaning teacher, guide or mentor. The traditions and philosophy of Sikhism were established by ten specific gurus from 1469 to 1708. Each guru added to and reinforced the message taught by the previous, resulting in the creation of the Sikh religion. Guru Nanak Dev

Guru Nanak Dev

was the first guru and appointed a disciple as successor.

Guru Teg Bahadur

Guru Teg Bahadur

Guru Tegh Bahadur became the 9th Guru of Sikhi on 20 March 1665, following in the footsteps of his grand-nephew, Guru Har Krishan. Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed on the orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi....

became guru in 1665 and led the Sikhs until 1675. Teg Bahadur was executed by Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb

Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...

for helping to protect Hindus, after a delegation of Kashmiri Pandit

Kashmiri Pandit

The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...

s came to him for help when the Emperor condemned them to death for failing to convert to Islam.

He was succeeded by his son, Gobind Rai who was just nine years old at the time of his father's death. Gobind Rai further militarised his followers, and was baptised by the when he formed the Khalsa

Khalsa

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in 1699. From here on in he was known as Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh

Jawanda Clan Earliest Recorded History

According to author H.S. Duleh ("History of the Jatt Clans", translation by Gurjant Singh):

The Jawanda clan

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...

derives its name from their ancestor

Ancestor

An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....

named Jawanda. They are from the lineage of Dusal, the brother of King Rawal Jaisal

Rawal Jaisal

Rawal Jaisal was a Bhati rajput who lived during the 12th century and founded the city of Jaisalmer. Sixth in descent from Rawal Deoraj Bhati, he was the eldest son of Rawal Dusaj of Deoraj , which had its capital at Laudrava...

of Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer

Jaysalmer , nicknamed "The Golden City", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital Jaipur. It was once known as Jaisalmer state. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain...

.
Rawal Jaisal

Rawal Jaisal

, a Bhati

Bhati

Bhati is one of the largest tribes of the Gujjars& Rajput. They claim descent from Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu, and thus identify themselves as a Chandravanshi Kshatriya clan. The Bhati trace their history to the desert principality of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in the border villages of Bikaner...

Rajput

who founded Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer

, was the son of King Rawal Dusaj of Lodhruva

Lodhruva

Lodrawa is a village of Jaisalmer Rajasthan, India. It is a famous tourist and historical place. Ludrawa is famous for the Jain temple, Hinglaj mata temple, Chamunda mata temple, Old temple of Shiv and the Mumal Mahendra love story....

. King Dusaj appointed Jaisal's younger brother Vijayraj Lanjha as his successor. After Vijayraj took the throne, Jaisal was driven out of the kingdom and formed an army. Vijayraj Lanjha died on the battlefield in the resulting war. Following this war, other Bhati rajputs accepted Jaisal as their new king and stopped fighting among themselves; however, the city of Lodhruva was completely destroyed. With the waning of Buddhist influence and the re-emergence of Hinduism

Hinduism

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

, some of the Bhati Rajputs split into Gujjars and Jats.

In the 12th century, the Jawandas settled in Bathinda, Mansa

Mansa

Mansa is a Mandinka word meaning "king of kings". It is particularly associated with the Keita Dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa from the thirteenth to the fifthteenth century...

and Sangrur

Sangrur

Sangrur is a city in the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of the Sangrur district. It is located at the intersection of the roads connecting Delhi with Ludhiana and Patiala with Bathinda, at a distance of 80 km from Ludhiana and 48 km from Patiala. The...

. In the 17th century, when ninth Sikh

Sikh

Guru Teg Bahadur

, visited Malwa to popularise Sikhism, there were 22 villages of Jawandas. (Guru visited Malwa during his three successive trips to Kiratpur.)

A Harika

Sidhu

Sidhu is the most influential and prominent Jat/Jatt gotra .The Sidhu clan is mainly found in the Malwa region of Punjab state,Ganganagar district and the province of Punjab in Pakistan...

Jatt named Durgu was also living there who was son-in-law of Jawandas. He served the Guru to his best. Guru told him that this area is going to be ruined and advised him to go back to his previous village in Doaba

Doaba

Doaba is the region of Indian Punjab surrounded by the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba" literally translates to "land of two rivers" . It is one of the most fertile regions of the world, and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India.Scheduled castes form more than 35% of the...

. Taloka

Taloka

Bhai Taloka was a GurSikh of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru. He was also a General in Nawab Ghazni's army. Once Nawab called a meeting of senior officers including Bhai Taloka...

, their chieftain

Tribal chief

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification under a single leader emerged in the Neolithic period out of earlier tribal structures with little stratification, and they remained prevalent throughout the Iron Age.In the case of ...

, ignored the Guru

Guru

.

Some time later the Jawandas were ruined by Muslim

Muslim

Sheikhs. Uprooted, some of the Jawandas went towards Saharanpur

Saharanpur

Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division...

while others went to Bathinda (founded by Rao Bhatti

Rao Bhatti

Rao Bhatti is credited with establishing the modern town of Bathinda, Indian Punjab in the Lakhi jungle area in the 3rd century.- References :...

), Mansa

Mansa

, Muktsar

Muktsar

Sri Muktsar Sahib is a city and a municipal council in Sri Muktsar Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sri Muktsar Sahib's historical name was Khidrane dee dhab .-Demographics: India census, Sri Muktsar Sahib has a population of 3,96,030...

, Faridkot and Ludhiana. Presently they are settled mostly in the areas of Sunam

Sunam

Sunam is a city and a municipality in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sunam means the name with a good reputation. This is the birth place of the famous patriot, Shahid Udham Singh who took the revenge of massacre of innocent Indians by the British on April 13 in 1919 in JAHLLIAN...

, Barnala

Barnala

Barnala is an Indian city in the Punjab state of India which serves as the head quarters of the Barnala district. It is situated in the heart of the state. Barnala is well known for textile market in the area.-History and famous people:...

and Malerkotla

Malerkotla

Malerkotla is a city and a municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj...

.
Bhai Dharam Singh Ji
Bhai Dharam Singh
Bhai Dharam Das , one of the Panj Pyare or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of Khalsa, came of farming stock. He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of Hastinapur, an ancient town on the right bank of the Ganges, 35 km northeast of Meerut....

, the second of Guru Gobind Singhji's Panj Piare

Panj Piare

The Panj Piare , name given to the five Sikhs, Bhai Daya Singh, Bhai Dharam Singh, Bhai Himmat Singh, Bhai Mohkam Singh and Bhai Sahib Singh, who were so designated by Guru Gobind Singh at the historic divan at Anandpur Sahib on 30 March 1699 and who formed the nucleus of the Khalsa as the first...

(five beloved followers) was a Jawanda belonging to Hastinapur (Delhi). Before being baptized his name was Dharam Chand Jawanda.

In India in District Ludhiana(Punjab) near Jagraon is the village of Pona. Every year on February 24th takes place the famous ROSHNI MELA. It is in the memory of a famous saint Baba Anoopji (A Jawanda). Roshni mela is held in Jagraon the next day in memory of Baba Mohkam-ud-din ji. The descendants of Baba Anoopji live in Pona, in Brampton & Calgary (Canada) and Bakersfield (california)

Sucha Singh Soorma

Sucha Singh Soorma

Sucha Singh is a folk legend in Punjab, perceived by some as having restored the "family honour" by killing his sister-in-law Balbiro and her alleged extramarital lover Ghukkar, who at one time was his own best friend...

, who lived in the village of Sumau (near Sangrur

Sangrur

in the Malwa Punjab

Malwa (Punjab)

Malwa is a region of Punjab and parts of Haryana between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. This Malwa should not be confused with the Malwa Plateau region of Madhya Pradesh, Central India...

) is a Jawanda. Sucha Singh is considered a folk legend (one of the famous Punjabi Kisse

Punjabi Kisse

A Punjabi Qissa is a tradition of Punjabi language oral story-telling that came to South Asia with migrants from the Arabian peninsula and contemporary Iran and Afghanistan....

). He is widely admired in Punjabi culture for upholding the honour of his family by killing his sister-in-law Balbiro and her extramarital lover Ghukkar, who at one time was his own best friend.

Many Jawandas now live in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, United States

United States

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and England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. For example Rashpal Singh, Amrik Singh (former kabaddi

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

player of Gravesend

Gravesend, Kent

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), Jaspreet Singh, Teja Singh, Daljit Singh, Gurpreet Singh and many more all live in England. Also, Chand Singh Jawanda of pind Kokri Butraan now resides in Surrey, BC, Canada. Gurcharan Singh Jawanda who lives in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and his son Onkarpreet Singh Jawanda (OP)Paul Jawanda, Gupreet Singh Jawanda(Bakersfield, USA) are from village Pona in Distt. Ludhiana. Lakha Singh Jawanda (Former Bodybuilder and weightlifting champion 1976-1981.

Gurdit Singh Jawanda

One of the first of the Jawandas to come North America was Gurdit Singh Jawanda, who arrived in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

in 1906, the same year the Khalsa Diwan Society

Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver

The Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver is a Sikh society based at a gurdwara in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current site is located at 8000 Ross St, Vancouver, BC. It was the largest gurdwara in North America.- History :...

was formed in Vancouver with its first gurudwara on 1866 West 2nd Avenue.

Gurdit was from the village of Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa is a village in the Jalandhar district of Punjab state of India*Main Road : Phillaur-Nur Mahal 14 km*Railway Station : Partabpura 2 km*Development Bock: Phillaur...

, in Punjab (India)

Punjab (India)

. More precisely, this village is in Jalandhar District

Jalandhar District

Jalandhar district , Jalandhar Zilā) is one of the 22 districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. The capital is Jalandhar City...

(this part of Punjab is also known as Doaba

Doaba

). The village is just west of the town of Phillaur

Phillaur

Phillaur is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.- Overview :Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana and Jalandhar Cantonment. It was a junction for Lohian and Ferozepur. In pre-partition days, it was the main timber market of...

, slightly north of the Sutlej

Sutlej

The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Sulaiman Range in Pakistan.The Sutlej...

River, which also serves as the border with Ludhiana District

Ludhiana District

-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...

, which is also in Punjab (India)

Punjab (India)

.

Soon after arriving in Vancouver, Gurdit was arrested by the Canadian authorities for not entering the country lawfully. In the early days of Canadian immigration

History of immigration to Canada

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policy, there were strict regulations designed to repress immigration from India

Continuous journey regulation

The Canadian government’s first attempt to restrict immigration from India was to pass an order-in-council on January 8, 1908, that prohibited immigration of persons who "in the opinion of the Minister of the Interior" did not "come from the country of their birth or citizenship by a continuous...

. Although, Gurdit did not arrive on the infamous Komagata Maru, which docked in Vancouver eight years later, the attitude towards immigrants of that time was much the same. (A forthcoming movie about the Komagata Maru incident, called Exclusion, is being developed by internationally acclaimed director, Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta

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and to star Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

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(who is replacing Bollywood

Bollywood

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legend, Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

.)

Gurdit eventually escaped from the internment camp with a handful of other Punjabis. Gurdit, known for his work hard and play hard lifestyle, was able to somehow find employment in Vancouver. Years later he brought to the lower mainland area, his two sons. They settled in Port Alberni, British Columbia

Port Alberni, British Columbia

Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is the location of the head offices of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The city has a total population of 17,743, and the census agglomeration area a total of 25,396....

, a town on Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

that was a hub of the British Columbia forest industry at the time, and to a somewhat lesser degree today.

Not a very hospitable place for Indo-Canadian families at the time, the Jawandhas did not begin bringing their wives to Canada until the grandchildren of Gurdit started to arrive in the early to mid 1960s. This Jawanda generation was the first to have their children born in Canada and raised as westerners. Until this time, Gurdit and his two sons would work to send money back to India to enhance the family farm holdings and treasury back in Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa is a village in the Jalandhar district of Punjab state of India*Main Road : Phillaur-Nur Mahal 14 km*Railway Station : Partabpura 2 km*Development Bock: Phillaur...

.

A prominent gate built by Gurdit's sons with money earned from working in the saw mills of Port Alberni, still stands today at the entry point to the sprawling Jawanda farm. This 'triumphal arch

Triumphal arch

A triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road. In its simplest form a triumphal arch consists of two massive piers connected by an arch, crowned with a flat entablature or attic on which a statue might be...

' serves as a reminder to the family of the struggle and sacrifice of Gurdit Jawanda after adventurously entering Canada.

The progeny of Gurdit Jawanda to this day live mostly in the Greater Vancouver

Vancouver

area and Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

. Some still work in the forestry and other blue collar industries, while many have also diverisified, making their livings as entrepreneurs, business and sales executives, middle managers, real estate developers, etc.

Haripur Khalsa Roots

This coded generational tree below can be used to determine the male line of Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa

Haripur Khalsa is a village in the Jalandhar district of Punjab state of India*Main Road : Phillaur-Nur Mahal 14 km*Railway Station : Partabpura 2 km*Development Bock: Phillaur...

Jawandas. Haripur Khalsa is a village just west of Phillaur

Phillaur

, a town in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is believed these Jawandas originally come from Ludhiana District.

Suppose we want to know Rashpal Singh's line, you'll need to check his number (1111141). Now cut one digit from the right side (1111141) which leaves you with (111114). Match this number with male from previous step (in this case Rashpal's father, Surinder Singh. Repeat this step to find (11111) Chanan Singh, and so on. In the end, you are left with Rashpal Singh's entire male line:

Rashpal Singh ---> Surinder Singh ---> Chanan Singh ---> Pal Singh ---> Ghanaia ---> Vadhava Singh ---> Khin

Generational tree of the Jawanda male line of Haripur Khalsa:

(1) Khin, (2) Danna, (3) Hari Singh, (4) Bannu Smadhwalla

Next Step

(11) Vadhava Singh, (12) Gulab Singh

(21) Butta, (22) Atroo

(31) Bhupa Singh(32)sroopa Singh

Next Step

(111) Ghanaia Singh

(121) Gurdit Singh, (122) Malla Singh, (123) Kartar Singh, (124) Hazara Singh

(211) Isher Singh, (212) Bholla Singh, (213) Sunder Singh, (214) Kaka Singh

(221) Bariam Singh, (222) Basant Singh, (223) Joginder Singh, (224) Kehar Singh

(311)Prem Singh

Next Step

(1111) Pal Singh, (1112) Harnam Singh

(1211) Gurbachan Singh, (1212) Rattan Singh

(1231) Bawa Singh, (1232) Gurdial Singh, (1233) Karnail Singh, (1234) Jarnail Singh, (1235) Ajaib Singh

(1236) Teja Singh, (1237) Gurmej Singh

(2111) Mall Singh, (2121) Nathu Singh, (2122) Dalip Singh

(2131) Kartar Singh

(2141) Dara Singh, (2142) Kheru Singh

(2221) Chain Singh, (2222) Parkash Singh, (2223) Darashan Singh, (2224) Sucha Singh, (2225) Lachhman Singh

(3111) Sohan Singh(3112)Mohan singh (311)Onkar Singh

Next Step

(11111) Chanan Singh, (11112) Lehmber Singh

(11121) Gurmej Singh, (11122) Harbans Singh, (11123) Avtar Singh

(12111) Amrik Singh, (12112) Balbir Singh, (12113) Kuldip Singh, (12114) Jasbir Singh

(12121) Jeet Singh, (12122) Nirmal Singh, (12123) Palvinder Singh, (12124) Paramjit Singh

(12311) Avtar Singh, (12312) Butta Singh, (12331) Jagjeet Singh

(12341) Balkar Singh, (12342) Baljinder Singh, (12343) Ravinder Singh

(12351) Atma Singh, (12352) Jaskaran Singh

(12361) Daljeet Singh, (12362) Gurpreet Singh

(12371) Surjit Singh

(21221) Ujagar Singh, (21222) Harjit Singh, (21223) Jorawar Singh, (21224) Pargan Singh,
(21225) Charan Singh

(21311) Pritam Singh, (21312) Sohan Singh

(21421) Jhalman Singh, (21422) Sohan Singh

(22231) Joginder Singh (22232) Jaswinder Singh (22233) Sukhwinder Singh

(22241) Kashmir Singh (22242) Harnek Singh

(31111) Balbeer Singh (31112)Parmjit Singh

(31121) Mejar Singh(31122) Gurpal Singh (3111)Sukveer Rocky Jawanda

Next Step

(111111) Sohan Singh, (111112) Kewal Singh, (111113) Gian Singh, (111114) Surinder Singh, (111115) Mota Singh

(111121) Harminder Singh

(111211) Kuldip Singh, (111212) Surjit Singh

(111231) Gurbinder Singh

(121111) Narinder Singh, (121112) Harinder Singh, (121113) Gurinder Singh

(121121) Balraj Singh, (121122) Sukhraj Singh

(121141) Rajbir Singh, (121142) Inderbir Singh

(121131) Kamalbir Singh,

(121221) Davinder Singh, (121222) Sukminder Singh, (121223) Jatinder Singh

(212211) Mohinder Singh

(21222) Shingara singh (212222) Jeevan Singh (212223) Lakhveer Singh

(212231) Kulwant Singh

(212241) Kulwinder Singh

(212251) Maan Singh

(213111) Satnam Singh (213112) Sarbjit Singh (213113) Resham singh (213114) Makhan Singh (213115) Sukhdev Singh

(213121) Balihar Singh

(222311) Hardeep Singh

(222321) Harpreet Singh

(222331) Amandeep Singh

(222421) Gurwinder Singh (222422) Kushwinder Singh

(31111) Amarjeet Singh

(311211)Daljeet singh (31112) Sehaj Jawanda

Next Step

(1111131) Amrik Singh, (1111132) Balwinder Singh, (1111133) Makhan Singh

(1111141) Rashpal Singh, (1111142) Resham Singh, (1111143) Dharminder Singh

(1111151) Surjit Singh

(1111211) Ravinder Singh, (1111212) Gurpinder Singh

(1112111) Manpreet Singh, (1112112) Jatinder Singh

(1112121) Inderjit Singh

(1212211) Darian Singh

(212221) Gurpreet Singh

(2122221) Harmanpreet singh

(2122411) Sukhdip Singh

(2122511) Amanpreet Singh
Gurcharan Singh

(2122710)balwant singh(2122711)mastan singh(2122712)gurwinder singh(2122713)jaswinder singh

Next Step

(11111311) Jaspreet Singh

(11111321) Gurpreet Singh

Onkarpreet Singh Jawanda ,PARMINDER SINGH JAWANDA

Related Surnames

Alphabetical (incomplete) list of surnames related to Khin Singh Jawanda and his progeny through marriage

Marriage

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Cheema
Cheema
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Gill (clan)
Gill (clan)
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Johal
Johal
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Sahota
Sahotra
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Sihota
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Virk
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